unzip
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unzip (third-person singular simple present unzips, present participle unzipping, simple past and past participle unzipped)
- (transitive) To open something using a zipper.
- 2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 274:
- He turned back and started unzipping a bag.
- (intransitive) To come open by means of a zipper.
- (computing, transitive) To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.
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to open something using a zipper
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computing: to decompress a zip file
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